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2017-08-17T21:22:15.000000000-04:00
Usain Bolt delivered a rebuke to those who questioned whether he really suffered an injury in his farewell race at the World Athletics Championships by revealing details of his hamstring tear on Thursday.

2017-08-17T21:07:38.000000000-04:00
Chase Marshall had a pair of home runs and five RBIs as Canada opened the 71st edition of the Little League World Series with a 12-2 rout of Italy on Thursday in South Williamsport, Pa.

2017-08-17T20:17:00.000000000-04:00
Most players here in South Williamsport, Pa., for the 2017 edition of the Little League World Series will never play a game in the big leagues. For many this may be the biggest sporting stage on which they ever perform.

2017-08-17T16:01:07.000000000-04:00
Rising Canadian tennis star Denis Shapovalov knows not every week will replicate the magic of his Rogers Cup semifinal run. The 18-year-old shot from 143rd to 67th in the ATP singles rankings following last week's tournament, but said he needs to improve before he's consistently at the top level.

2017-08-17T15:23:00.000000000-04:00
This week: Mark McMorris defies logic by being back on a snowboard just 5 months after rupturing his spleen, fracturing his jaw, collapsing a lung... the list goes on.

2017-08-17T13:52:48.000000000-04:00
Ken Evraire will donate his brain to science but the former CFL receiver is fearful about what doctors might find. The issue of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) — a degenerative disease found in people who've suffered repeated blows to the head — in pro football is a serious matter.

News

2017-08-17T20:10:36.000000000-04:00
The captain of a U.S. navy warship that lost seven sailors in a collision with a commercial container ship in June will be relieved of command and nearly a dozen others face punishment, the navy's second-ranking admiral said Thursday.

2017-08-17T18:57:19.000000000-04:00
While President Donald Trump tweeted up a storm Thursday, the massive NAFTA negotiation he launched was off to a quick, quiet start in the boardrooms of a Washington hotel.

2017-08-17T16:13:53.000000000-04:00
Witnesses to the deadly van attack on Barcelona's Las Ramblas say the popular tourist area quickly became a scene of fear and chaos Thursday after a van plowed through a crowd of pedestrians.

2017-08-17T14:29:29.000000000-04:00
The two front-runners vying to lead Alberta's new United Conservative Party were challenged Thursday to publicly renounce Rebel Media and distance themselves from the far-right organization, which has come under increasing scrutiny since violent protests broke out in the U.S. last weekend.

2017-08-17T11:41:24.000000000-04:00
The police force for Spain's Catalonia region says its troopers shot dead several suspects in a "terrorist attack" in the town of Cambrils they said was linked to Thursday's Barcelona van attack that left 13 people dead and more than 100 injured.

2017-08-17T11:09:48.000000000-04:00
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said at an event in B.C. on Wednesday night that he won't grant further interviews to Rebel Media if the outlet's editorial direction remains "as it is."